Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

I am the captain of my soul.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.